/lit/ - Literature

>>10413519
it's certainly true for large parts of sub saharan africa. contemporary observers noted it. I have a British Museum book at home that has some references but i don't have it to hand at the moment. i think there is some mention of it in the AHOW100 series.

that is not to say that the people of the time didn't produce worthwhile artefacts- they did. they just didn't write it all down.

a good novel about that time is Red Strangers by Elspeth Huxley.